Not a Fill In Anymore..

Chris Burke and Mike Lamb are making the best of their limited playing time so far this year...  making it really hard for Phil Garner to sit them on the bench.  Burke so far this year is batting .312 after going 4 for 4 tonight with a walk tied an Astros club record by scoring 5 runs!  Yes that's 5 runs in a 9 inning game.  Let's just call this an offensive perfect game.  Should we give him grief for not hitting for the cycle?  Lamb is sitting at a mean .355 batting average after 110 at bats...  if only he had some more plate appearances...  The thing that hurts Lamb the most is that he basically only plays first and third base, but the Astros have Berkman (who due to knee problems probably should play exclusively at first base) and Ensberg.  Garner needs to keep Lamb in the lineup as much as possible and has been doing so plugging Lance into the outfield on occasion. 

Tonight's game was great, the Astros stroked the Cubs for 9 runs with Preston Wilson(3-5 on the night) and Lance Berkman (2-4 with a walk) both driving in 3 runs each.  On the night the Cubs unveiled their new bullpen cell phones, the Cubs tested them to their full extent after relieving Sean Marshall after 5 runs through 4 innings.  Am I the only person that finds it odd that one of the oldest fields in baseball has the most technologically advanced bullpen phones?  Technologically... that's 96 points in scrabble.

Other Notes:

• Ensberg sat out again tonight with the bad wing.  He probably won't play tomorrow and is still listed as day-to-day. 
• Roy-O starts tomorrow against the cubs at 7:05 pm against Greg Maddux.

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